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at night his ears would flick
and turn in the direction of my words he liked it when I whispered my secrets I liked it when he nestled into my arms and snored sonorously in contentment together entangled we slept his head resting heavily on my chest my arms encircling his full furry body I don't recall then having as many bad dreams nor waking up in the black hole of anxiety he was my balm and bliss his leaning into me was both a caress and a kiss nights were sky-full of promise and sighs he magnified my heart to a fiery organ of more than twice its size he's been gone so long but my heart knows him still LEGAL COPYRIGHT FOR THIS ODE/POEM 1:58 PM PST JANUARY 10 2020 TIME/DATE STAMPED AND ALSO FOR THIS POET/WRITER MELISSA A. HOWELLS AND ALSO FOR THIS LEGALLY COPYRIGHTED SITE TITLE MELOO STRAIGHT FROM HER TILT-A-WORLD Vote for this poem |
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